Ban on CCTV for parking enforcement expected

UK communities secretary Eric Pickles will announce in April 2014 that local authorities will be prohibited from using CCTV cameras for enforcement of parking regulations. Static and mobile CCTV cameras are used by at least 75 councils to catch people not returning to their vehicles before the meter expires, with 9 million parking fines issued per year, according to estimates. Pickles has proposed controversial reforms to local authority parking enforcement, including banning the use of CCTV, saying h
March 17, 2014 Read time: 1 min
UK communities secretary Eric Pickles will announce in April 2014 that local authorities will be prohibited from using CCTV cameras for enforcement of parking regulations.

Static and mobile CCTV cameras are used by at least 75 councils to catch people not returning to their vehicles before the meter expires, with 9 million parking fines issued per year, according to estimates.

Pickles has proposed controversial reforms to local authority parking enforcement, including banning the use of CCTV, saying he wants to ‘rein over-zealous parking enforcement, so it focuses on supporting high streets and motorists, not raising money’.
Parking & Access Control Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision Enforcement

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